Dear Steve, I am the Szell fan who graduated a year ahead of you from Shaker. Thanks (belatedly) for your analysis of the Curzon/Szell Brahms 1. I heard Szell play it with Rudolf Serkin at Severance Hall and treasure the subsequent recording. But I think I enjoy the Fleisher/Szell Brahms 1 most of all. Cordially, Allan Kohrman Newton, MA